Evolution At Multiple Loci Linkage And Sex - Evolutionary Analysis | Biology+

Course

Evolution

Study Pack

Set 1: A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV

Set 2: The Pattern of Evolution

Set 3: Evolution by Natural Selection

Set 4: Estimating Evolutionary Trees

Set 5: Variation Among Individuals

Set 6: Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation

Set 7: Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Drift, & Nonrandom Mating

Set 8: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex

Set 9: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics

Set 10: Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function

Set 11: Sexual Selection

Set 13: Aging and Other Life-History Characters

Set 14: Evolution and Human Health

Set 15: Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation

Set 16: Mechanisms of Speciation

Set 17: The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution

Set 18: Evolution and the Fossil Record

Set 19: Development and Evolution

Set 20: Human Evolution

Set 8 Evolution At Multiple Loci Linkage And Sex

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Set 8 Evolution At Multiple Loci Linkage And Sex

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Muller's ratchet posits that in a finite asexual population,the number of deleterious alleles will increase over time.The accumulation of these deleterious alleles is called ________.

A) inbreeding
B) linkage equilibrium
C) linkage disequilibrium
D) genetic load

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(Multiple Choice)

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Research and analysis has documented that Muller's ratchet works ________.

A) in mathematical modeling
B) in empirical studies
C) in a natural setting
D) All of the above.

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(Multiple Choice)

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The creation of new combinations of alleles,as a consequence of sexual reproduction with meiosis,is called ________.

A) genetic recombination
B) outcrossing
C) genetic drift
D) linkage disequilibrium

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